Sunday, April 02, 2006

Four Judo Throws

Here are the four throws that I'm making a part of my April Grappling Gameplan. We don't work takedowns a lot, and Rodrigo is sure to show us his own. But these four encompass the four main situations: two leg throws, two leg hooks or trips, one inside and one outside each.

--uchi mata ("inside thigh sweep")

--harai goshi ("outside thigh sweep")

--ko soto gari ("outside leg hook")

--ko uchi gari ("inside leg hook")

The hook on the ko uchi gari isn't very good in these examples. But rest assured that there is an inside-to-outside sweep that initiates the takdown.